Ted was born in 25th February 1896 in Eastwell, Leicestershire and was the son of Elijah and Eliza Cooke.  He enlisted at Melton Mowbray although he was living in Nottingham at the time.  

He enlisted into the Machine Gun Corps with number 95751 and his medals show this number.  He later transferred to Notts and Derby with a new number. He served with B Company 7 Platoon. 

He was unfortunately Killed in Action serving in the trenches near Ribecourt in France on 6th December 1917 age 19 .